Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Dropbox is adding a feature that will let you add automation to folders so new files are automatically renamed, grouped into subfolders, or more. The feature is called, perhaps unsurprisingly, ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

How do I organize my files? This single folder full of 742 unsorted Macworld articles gives you a clue. Computers are the ultimate file cabinets. My own Mac stores oodles files of all types—my photos, ...

But the more important conclusion is less obvious, which is that nearly everyone can benefit from the use of software that doesn’t require explicit file system management at all. Instead of putting ...

I’ve been revamping my digital filing system to contain digital desktop clutter and find files more efficiently. If you, too, have files scattered across your hard drive or in the cloud, try some of ...

The Finder’s Arrange By menu has been around for a while, but a lot of users don’t know it’s there. In OS X Lion, it’s become a really handy tool for organizing, managing, and navigating through your ...

The Macintosh operating system has a quick and convenient way to organize files by type. Business users that are used to using Windows systems simply need to learn the terminology used on a Macintosh ...

After more than a week of the 30 Days With…Google Docs project, I have my share of complaints about things I miss from Microsoft Office, but so far it seems like Google Docs is a relatively capable ...

Does Prof. Hacker take requests? You bet! For example, Katy writes to ask: I don’t know if you officially take requests, but I have one for you if you’re willing. I’d love a post on how you keep your ...